The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-23 00:00:00

XARKET AND COMIEERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, O'CLOCK. There is rathe r more demand for TWELVE money today in the discount market, and the rates are a little firmer, 51 per cent, being the lowest quotation at which first-class bills can be negotiated. About £5,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed Tuesday, the 29th inst., for a special settling day in the shares of the Credit Foncier (Limited), which are to be marked. It is announced that the share list of the Nit- Cone. Provincial Marine Insurance Company wilt be closed on Monday next for London, and on the ' following Tuesday for the country. The directors of Silver's India-rubber Works and Telegraph Cable Company have notified that no application for shares will be received after twelve o'clock at noon on Thursday, the 24th inst. The Bank of Frankfort has reduced its rate of discount from 4 to 3,1 per cent. There was a meeting yesterday of the creditors of Messrs. Langton and Robinson, timbt.r mer chants, whose liabilities, according to the balance sheet presented by Messrs. Cooper Brothers, the accountants, were stated to be £95,178, and the assets £42,102'. The estate snows, therefore, about 93 . in the pound, bur not more than 7s. is expected to be realised. It was agreed to wind up the affairs of the firm under a deed of assignment. A new joint stock undertaking, bearing the name of Smith, Knight, and Company, brought forward by the liercantile Credit Association, in conjunc tion with the Contract Corporation, has been an nounced. It is to act in harmony with the Contract Corporation, undertaking the construction of rail- Ways and oth er pu b l i c works, and its operations are to be conducted by Messrs. Smith and Knight, Who have transferred their business with their plant and existing Contracts, including that for the con struction of the Royal Sardinian Railway. The capital is £4,000,000 in BD,OOO shares of £5O each, the first issue to comprise 40,000 shares, of which 20,000 have been already subscribed. A special general meeting of the shareholders of the National Bank was held to-day for the purpose of increasi ng the capital of the company. Mr. I. c Kenna, who occupied the chair, proposed that the present capital, viz.,£1,000,000, be increased by the creation of 20,000 new shares of £5O each, at a Premium of £25 per share in the proportion of one !nv? share for each old share. A discussion was b eing carried on as to the propriety of the increase When this report left. TWo o'oLoofc. At the Paris Bourse this day, according to Mr. Reuters telegram, the . Three per Cent. Relates opened at 66f. 90e. Heavy. N° quotable movement has occurred to-day in the Market for the English Funds, Consols being 91 1 foron transfer, a n d 911 for the account, but th e te of business is a little less buoyant. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 891 1; and Exchequer Bills, Bs. die.; India Stocks have b een d° 11 :; the 5 per Cents. era marked 1041 ; and do. Enlaced, 5k per Cents., 113. In the Foreign Market there is very little altera tio and business is much restricted. Mexican have receded to 451.; Pass Greek are 231 24; Spani s h 67; ive, 351 ; Portug uese , 481 ; Italian, 661 Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, 711 ; do. Con solides, 531 54; and ;he Confederate Loan, 51 53. !In the Railw a y S hare Market the opera ions have not been very extensive, and prices have in several instances exhibited a slight decline. Metropolitan, Manch es t er , S heff i eld, and Lincoln, North We stern, and west Midland, have each re e„e.clathamed 55.; Lincas Chatham hire and Y or k s hi re, an d L on d on, and Do ver, 10s. ; and Great No r th ern A Stuck 15 4 . The Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive at about previous quotations. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show, in some instances, a slight advance. Bank of Australasia are dealt in at 751 76 ; Chartered of India, Aus tralia, and China at 45 46 ; London and Buenos Ayres at sii ; Metropolitan and Provincial, 261 27 ; Lou don Finan c i a l s h ares have declined to 261 ; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam have improved to 82 I. • Subjoined are the current quotations for some of the principal new undertakings. British Columbia and Vancouver Island Investment, -1 1 premium ; Central Argentine Railway,* 1 prem. ; N orth Aus tralian Company, 11 2 prem. ; London and Liver-- Pool Hotel, 1* 2 prem.; Imperial Financial, 5* 6 Prem.; Nati ona l P rov i ncial Marine, 31 1 prem. ; (:Queensland Sheep, Q 1 prem. ; Credit Foncier, 5f -,,,,,P r ena.; Credit Mobili er , 3 3.1 Prem. ; City 4 3 1 41 prem. ; Th ames I ron S h i pbuilding, } prem. ; Seven per Cent Bolivan Loan, 112 prem, BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. , Goy R aNMENT FUNDS. a P eCent. Con so l s a Cent. C onso l s April 8 ~,,I3eivr Cent. Reduced N ei 3 per Cent. B9l i A 6 w 4 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — '''llittities, 30 yrs, expire rith Jan., 1880 — t bitto for 30 yrs, expire sth A.pril, 1885. 14i le hequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent 8 dis Ditto £500 ~ Di tto £IOO and £2OO Iltrakrt GovaaltMENT SECURITIES. ificlia Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Ditto 6 per Cent. July, 1570 Ditto Account.... Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 ** • Do Certificates Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Ce n t., J an. 18 72 . ......... Ditto 5i per Cent., May, 1 879 ll3 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 99 Ditt•) Bo n d s £l ,000 Ditto under £l,000 ?OREIGN FUNDS—ONB O'CLOCK. Brazilian 6 per Cent Ditto, 4 1839 and 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Dittol863 irs Ditto Scrip, £55 paid.... — pm olletlo4 Ayres 6 per Cent — uitt G ACCOUnt P. • • Ca b%) per Cent. — _ dis Colombian 6 Scrip £BO pd hi iiim 6 per Cent 835 h Ditto 41 pm Cent. Equal 3 per Cent 1825 4.4qualor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent 1 9 3 91 t'Optian per Cent h Ditto, Second Issue week 5 per Cent., 1824-5, 24 31 Ditto Account ex-Coupms.. til l° Con ons 11,,_111,tt0 AocoPunt tetinnuals 6 per Cent. 1 lii°°liBh Imperial 5 per Cent ezican ent 451 Ditto Ac count ' c * 14 i.tvf Granada ..... • Ditto D e fers d ent.. — Ditto e p i ? i tto Land Warrants (Hectares) — `rigtu 45 per Cent — i)itto 3 per Cent. Ditto 4 i per C en t ., 1862 ?1:60,0 Account ortußnese 3 p er C ent., 1853 1)14 0 D itto Account *Ditto 3 P er Cent 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62, '3 eAecount "4l 4°at°i Scr ip (1883) £3O pa id .. BPm Rian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — 8 b itto 6 Per Cent, 862 9Ol ! 1 ',‘rdinian 5 per Cent t,'„ ito A cc0unt........ . '",;4l,lBllpee Cent - r,!ttO Account ................ t 3 Di'itto Passive .......... , pactto Account sh Cert. o f Coup not funded 6* A AC3olltlt ................... -- bis, h, 4 per Cent ............... T 'to Account •• 4 1 - I rk i Bl l 6 per Cent. 1851 .............. —ltto Account ........ 94 Ditt o 6 per Cent. 1858 . nig° Accoun t h• ........ — 705 70 , --, tto 6 per Cent. 1862 vitt° Acc .. 71i i Ditto Acc ountßonds.. . 715 2 b... Pep Ditto 6 per Cent, 1863 -- 17'40 Guaratteed, 4 per Cent e 3 per Cent. 4.)1,!tt0 Account — Vitto 0 p er Cent., 1862 o Account.... 601 11) , Dividends on the above payable in Loud n _ ' l 4l 21 per Cent Ex. 12 Guil bitt .1 N I . 0 4 Per Cent. Certificates . lO2 'jilt,Nia• 6 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 26 francs — ° Account ..., 64 TWO O'CLOCK. C ons is v, i AtolleY /°.tto April Account ............ Closing ;hare Railways Paid. Price. gusinessdonc 1 ,11 ) ztiantio &Ft Lawreic, all 58 dO 69 sk j Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind 100 1031 1014 1031 Gu. 6 per cent... 20 Do, New. • 8 1 3 1p 20 Do, E. Shares... 74 p 1 p o 4 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 51 6 10 Do. Preference all 71 81 00 Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich 10 „ p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 187', 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 - - (00 Do. do. June 1, 187.1 100 - - st Clcutt.a.&S.Eastn.(Lin,. 100 101 104 at Cape Town e.,- Dock Seri' 100 102 104 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. 100 105 106 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 104/ 105 1C44 20 Do. do. G Ext 15 4 p 20 Do. do. H do. l5 / stock Grand Trunk of Canada toe 19 20 F 191 100 Do. Ist Pre% Bonds all 73 15 100 Do. ao. deferred all 58 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 66 68 100 Do. do. deferred all 51 53 100 Do. 3d P. ef. stock all 48 50 48 100 Do. do. deferred all 40 12 40 100 Do. 4th Pref. stoat all 25 27 25 6 100 Do. do. deferred all 22 C 5 22 stock GLlndiaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 1031 104: 101 31 20 Do. New gua. sp. e... 12 4 1 / - Do. January, 1862 .. - stook Gt. South.of J ndia (Lim Auaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1021 1031 8 0 1 Gt. W. of Canada Sharer all 91 94 101 Do. New . lb 111 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 92 94 100 Do. 51 p. o. do. '77-8.. . all 83 66 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 ip 21 stock Madras guar., sp. o. lOO 1044 :031 stock Do. 41 p. o. Extension 100 97 09 •tock Do. 4A d 0........ I',JO t• 2 94 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- - stock Alelb.Gorp. np. 0. Lieu.,. 106 - - slelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 55 58 100 Do. 7p. C. along. Bds. alt - - 40 Nt•wßrur3swick Can& Class A ant B. all 3 5 N.l.ll.C'das pc let pt bds ick• 82 24 Soinde .......... pa, 1031 1041 stock Do. Delhi 11, Do. d 0...... t 1 2 1p 21 at. Do. Punjaub all 1021 1031 Do. Do. - 11'00k Do. tndus.St. Flo ) ,104, 98 10) , 'LONItiL tiiivißN M 1 4 .. N 1 ',ECI . KITEEs. p.c.J a &J 1877-61 1 t 101 103 - I Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 10( 100 02 - Do. 6p. 0. Mar. it Sept. 100 :49 101 - Do. 6p. c. Jan.&July. 10 , 88 20 881 - Do. 6 Inscribed stock lOU 88 20 - ape G.Hopc, 6 p c , 187a 10. 106 108 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 10t 108 110 -- I Do. 1891 lot 111 'lB - 'Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 102 109 111 - Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p i 10 , IIL 111 - Mallt itias 0 per cent .. 100 )06 108 - Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 130 108 110 - 6 p.c.Ja.&Jui) 100 ,01 103 - Do. dp. e.Ap. & Oct. 10c - N. S. W. G ov. 5 p lOU 99 100 Du. Gp. c.,18t, to 1 100 90 10 - Do. d0.,i888 &upwdc 100 99 100 100 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 108 110 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. - sterang, 1875. lOO 103 105 - Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 - - 1071 - S. Aus G6p.0.1878.& up.. lOU 109 111 Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 - - Do. io ay.c.AnAtOok. 100 llll 1121 llt BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Congo'. Gold 1 4 td - ulifford Amalgamated.. - 351 266 - Devon G. Con..(Tavist.) 1 555 66 ) - East 13assctt (Illogan).. 80 65 70 East Clogau Gold Ltd. - - - !East Caradon ...... 2.14.0 30 32 - East earn Brea ' 4.4.0 61 71 - E. WI Russel (Tavietk.; 8.9.0 31 44 IGam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen • 581 10 11 - Great South T01,gu5.... 17s 4 41 - 'G. Wheal Vor (Heist= , 40 38 40 371 8 - IGrenville - lierc,d's-Foot .. 6.12 55 37 - Hingston Downs 4.18.0 31 44 Lady Bertha - 'Alargaret (tiny Lelant 96 19 21 - Marke Valley.. 4 yndy Iron Oro (Lim , 21 14 2 d - New Setun l9l 85 95 -• North Downs 2.4 11 2 '.%Vii'i Basset (111o4an 3.1.0 2 21 - North Wheal Crotty -IPar Consols (St. Blazey - - Itovidence(Uny Lelnt., 10.6.7 41 13 - BouthCaradon(St.Cleer 11 440 460 - S. Cara Brea (Illogan) - I - '.Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.18.9 50 55 - IStray Park 30.17.6 33 85 321 - I Tamar Silv.6; Lead Min. - - fin Croit 9 19 20 • West Basset (1llozan) ll 11 12 - VV G radon (Liskeard; 5 20 22 - West Satan - Wheal Basset (Mogan) 54 871 924 heal Bulleratedruth) 10 31 37 - Wheal Kitty (I.s.Lelant) 2.0.6 - WhealLud. ott - Wheal MaryA.nn(iden ) 8 136 141 - Wheal Seton . 584 190 195 - Wheal Treiawney (Lie.)' 7 21 21 - Wheal Union 3.17 24 21 PREFERENCE SHAKES Great northern, 5 per cent., red. at 5 percent. pm., 105 i Great Western, 5 per cent. red. prf., 1024 London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 1, 113} LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. London, Tilbury, and Southend, 100 Northern and Eastern 5 per cent., 551 Nottingham and Grantham It. & G, 94 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9k N. Rail of Buenos A yres, gua. 7 per cent., 10 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aid►n), ll~ Sambre and Meuse, ti South Austrian aiid Lombardo Venetian, 2lf FOREIGN MINES. St. John del Rey (lira.), 52 Yudanantutana of S. Australia, Rm., 3} i JOINT-STUCK BANKS. Alliance 501 Anglo Austrian. 01 Anglo-Italian, limited. 5} Australasia. T) 51 Ditto, new, 48 1 Bank of tago, lira., 41 Bank of Queensland (lim), 20/ Bank of Wales, Urn.. 17 Brazili in and Portuguese, lira.. 81 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China, 40 5 Ditto, new, issued at 10 pm., 331 Consolidated Bans, lim., 10/ East London, lira.. 71 English and Irish (Bin.), 15 English, Scorch, and Australian Chartered, 211 European Bank, Bin., 10 9/ Hindustan, tAiina, and Japan (lim.), Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm , 11 Imperial Bank (lim.), 34,:f Imperial Ottoman, 191 1 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 31 London Bank of Scotland, 1im.,t141 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 511 1 Ditto, new, 51 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 26 London and Colonial (lim.), 91 0 London and County, 591 601 London Joint Stock, 40/ London and South African, 27 London and Westminster, 81 Merchantjßank, lim , 141 1 Hletrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 27 61 New Zealand Baak, - .111 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, limn, 11 1 j • Ditto, new, 11 ptandard of British South Africa (UM ), 281 Union of Australia. bitto, new, 31 Union of Ireland (lira.), 1 9- i Union of London, 46 5/ MISCELLANEOUS. Contract Corporation. lira., 73 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lira., 5/ I Financial Corporation, 53 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lira., 81 8 Iludson's Bay, 0/ 15/ International Financial Society, 111/ Joint •stock Discount, lint, 63 London Financial Association, lira., 26/ Ditto, nen•, 151 Last week the births of 1,117 boys and 1,060 girls, in all 2,177 children, were registered in Lon don. In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1854.63 the average number (corrected) was 2,070. tiRARE MARKS TS.- This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOUIt.S. Share Railways. I Paid. IClosing I Busin es s Price. done. Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Il ogt.,Sleaf.,andMidAJo Brh3tol and Exeter Caledonian Co:•s and Bandon Cornwall 8 86 84 9 83 65 118 119 si n 4i D o A A gets no div Do. B till 6p c.p an.has , been paid Ito B. Dublin . Belfast June. Dun., Perth,& Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. 'Olasg • and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock I Ditto East A n,glian s t CireatNorthoi Scotland Great Northern...." Do A stock Do do Gt. S. an i W. of Irelana Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashiee & Yorkshire London and Blackwal Lou., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Scr.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do f shares...' . 3letropoli tan Midland Do New Do Firming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Irelano Do. ftharets Mid Keirt Do Cray Line North British &lin., Perth,. Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwiu Do, (I.N.E. pureha6, Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New ,North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scot tieh Central Scot N. E., Aber. met Do Soot. Mid. stock.. Shrews. and Welchpoo ! Shropshire Union .... (South Devon.. 'South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun statues, Wok.,andWok. Stockton do Darlington Do Do New, 180& Taff Vale.. . ..... Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford (5; Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.4l-l. West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford BRITISLI P 6 7 35 37 16 17 91 93 1(6 47 '8 6 7i 127 128 129 139 130 132 91 0 65' 66 I(9i 110 1 67 t 9 1031 it9li 43 44 1081 1081 971 981 64 53k 1(3 314 1 127 f LBi, 97 99 524 634 24 kG 101 101! 652 LI E 8 886 125 la 1 2 78 79 Pt /It 124 13 41 43 98 100 53 64 34 86 801 91 99 101 Si Oi 37 38 9i 10 t 71} 8 b r IC3 166 5 7 3 4 i_ 91 91 22 24 P6SESSIONS. 13.14.1 418.4 12.10 90} 1 THE MTN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1864. 41 "‘„ - - Canal , 4 , 4 '‘7 " tlrtnlat HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 22. Yesterday afternoon the Queen druve out in a carriage and four. In attendance were the Countess of Caledon and the Hon. Mrs. Bruce. Lord Charles Fitzroy attended on horseback. Her Majesty visited the Windsor Union poor house, and inspected the establishment. The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor and Mrs. Wellesley and the Rev. J. Blunt, vicar 01 Old Windsor, met the Queen, and conducted her Majesty over the building. Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Meck lenburg Strelitz, attended by Lady Caroline Cust and L.eut. Colonel Clifton, arrived at the Castle yesterday afternoon, on a visit to her Majesty, and returned to London to-day. Viscount Sydney also arrived, and had the honour of dining with the Queen, the King of the Belgians, and the Royal family. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) RE RUSRELL. This bankrupt was described as of Geswell-street and elsewhere, hair-dresser, and thiswas a meeting for last exa mination. The bankrupt was opposed on behalf of several creditors, but the principal point was that he had given a bill of sale over his property for S 9, money lent, but he had neither paid principal or interest, and the bill was put in force on the same day that he petitioned the Court. Mr. Buchanan, Basinghall-street, for the bankrupt, put a few questions, and elicited that two previous bills had been given to the same party, but the tnoneys.advanced had been paid off, and the one in question was a mere renewal. His Honour said the bankrupt was not justified in acting as he had, and the case must be adjourned for three months to see what position he would b 3 in to offer terms to his creditors. (Before Mr. Registrar Roche.) RE EOLTCICAULT. This bankrupt was formerly lessee of Drat y-lane Theatre, and this was an adjourned dividend meeting. A proof was tendered on behalf of Messrs. Alexander and Co. for the difference in value of 150 shares in the New Theatre Company which he had agreed to take up but failed to do, and on the resale there was a loss of £420, and it was now sought to prove for that amount. Mr. Liuklater opposed, but after some discussion the proof was admitted. There were a few other proofs, but no dividend was declared. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, NIARLBOROUGH-STREET. EXIRAORDINA.RY PROCEEDINGS AT WHITFIELD CHA PEL BURIAL- GROUND, TOTTENHAM-CO URT -ROAD. - DESTROYING A FAMILY GRAVE.-Mr. Henry Oliver Nodes, of No. 1, Rosebery Villas, Tuffnell•park West, waited upon Mr. Tyrwhitt this morning, and said he had to ask his worship for summonses against a builder named Richards and his foreman, named Wilkes, under the Mali cious Injuries to Property' Act (21 and 25 Viet., cap. 97, sec. 52), for unlawfully removing and injuring a gravestone in the Tottenham-court-road Chapel barial.ground, his property, and thereby destroying all identity of a family vault, also his property. Oa Wednesday, June 11, 1862, at the Auction Mart, London, the Congregational Chapel Building Society purchased the chapel known as Whit field's Chapel, in Tottenham-court-road, and part of the burial-ground adjoining, known as the paved part, in which there were many private graves and vaults, the property of several parties respectively, and the whole was sold subject i;o the rights of all persons who had interred bodies in the burial•ground. It was hoped that a body of professing Christians especially would have adhered strictly to the rules of hmesty, or in other words mum. and Mon ; but their employes, Richards and Wilkes, under their instruc tions, a few days ago, ruthlessly and lawlessly rooted up all the grave stones, for the purpose he (Mr. Nodes) thought, it might be fairly presumed, of destroying all iden tity of the vaults. He (Mr. Nodes) might also state that but for the restrictions of the conditions of sale as to private rights, the property which was sold for about £4,500 would have fetched at least £15,000, it being freehold, and in a most valuable locality. The persons he applied for the summonses against stated that they were acting wader the orders of Mr. Tarring, an architect, and a committee, and tauntingly laughed at anything like re monstrance, and refuse to restore the grave stones to their original sites, stating that all the stones were the property of their employers, the purchasers, He (Mr. Nodes) wished further to state that his (Mr. Tyrwhitt's) colleague had some time since hal a case before him respecting the same burial ground, and the Court had put a stop to the proceedings of a Mr. Jacobson, who had purchased another part of the burial ground. Mr. Tyrwhitt having referred to the act, said it was material that such a matter should not be passed over. Mr. Nodes said his parents were interred in the grave, and he therefore felt naturally annoyed at what had been done; besides the grave cost sometking like £3O. Mr. Tyrwhitt ordered the summonses to issue. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, BETTING AT MANCHESfER-TUESDIY, Speculation this day at our Subscription Rooms assumed an active aspect. Gardener, Wingrave, Costa, Gibraltar, and Blondin were each in force for the Northamptonshire Stakes, particularly Wingrave, Gibraltar, and. Blondiu, who were freely backed. Blithfield remained friendless, and Lioness received her quietus, offers of 100 to 1 eliciting no response from backers. A few investments were made en Flying Fish, Soaptone, Biondella, Z ora, and Aurora for Earl Spencer's Plate, but the transactions were to nominal accounts only. For the City and Suburban, Veterinarian closed a better favourite than Liston, 100 to 7 beirc,.. accepted about the former, while 15 to 1 was offered against " the comedian." Tho business done in connection wirla the Chester Cup was of an insignificant character, Greenland and Oldminster lasing the only horse backed, although 25 to 1 would hava been taken about Accident. Sixteen "ponies" were wanted against Copen hagen for the Two Thousand Guineas ; and, after £2OO had been put on Blair Athol for the Derby at 20 to 1, a clever operator laid 1,000 to 45 three times against Mr. FAnsou's cult, Closing prices : NORTHAMTONSHIRE STAKES. 15 to 2 agst Gardener (taken) Bto 1 agst Lord Zetland (offered—take 9) 100 to 9 agst Wingrave (taken freely) 100 to 8 agst Costa (taken) 100 to 6 agat Dollar (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Fairwater (taken) 20 to 1 agst Gibraltar (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Blithfield (offered) 20 to 1 agst Touch and Go (offered) 25 to 1 agst Blondin (taken freely) 40 to 1 agst Turn of Luck (offered) 100 to 1 apt Lioness (offered) EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. 10 to 1 agst Flying Fish (taken) 100 to 7 agst Soapstone (taken) 100 to 6 agst Biondella (taken) 20 to 1 agst Zara (taken) 20 to 1 agst Aurora (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. 100 to 7 agst Veterinarian (taken) 15 to 1 agst Liston (offered) 25 to 1 agst Mail Train (taken) 25 to 1 agst Lord Burleigh (taken) CHESTER CUP. 11 to 1 agst Change (4fEred) 20 to 1 agst Accident (offered) 30 to 1 agst Greenland (taken) 100 to 3 agst Coldnainstor taken) 40 to 1 agat The Vacuna colt (offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 6to lon the field (offered) 16 to 1 agst Copenhagen (wanted) DERBY. Bto 1 agst Scottish Chief (offered) 1000 to 45 agat Blair Athol (taken) The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales rode on horseback yester day morning attended by Lieut. Colonel Keppel. The Princess of Wales, attended by Countess De Grey, took a carriage drive in the afternoon. His Highness Prince John of Glucksburg, at tended by Baron Guidencrone, took leave of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, yesterday evening, and left Marlborough House for the Continent by the South-Eastern Railway. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended by Lieut. Colonel Keppel, accompanied his Highness Prince John to the railway station. Mr. Henry Weigall has been honoured with sittings for his portrait of her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. The Duke of Newcastle is still very unwell, but, according to the medical report yesterday, his grace was progressing favourably. THE DUKE OF RUTLAND'S HEALTH, we are gra tified to hear, has greatly improved of late, and his hunting friends may have the pleasing anticipation of seeing his grace with his hounds again next season. The Earl and Countess of Warwick have arrived at their residence in the Stable-yard, St. James's, from Worthing. Tne Earl and Countess of Verulam and Lady Harriet Grirnston have left town on a visit to the Earl and Countess Craven, at Coombe Abbey, near Coventry. The Earl and Countess of Wilton will entertain a large circle of visitors during the Croxteth Park race meeting. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston will return to-day from visiting her Majesty at Windsor Castle, and will then go to Broadlands, Hants, for the Parliamentary recess. Lord and Lady Londesborough leave town to morrow for Grimston Park, Yorkshire. Lord Herries has left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley square, for E,veningham Park, York. _ _ The infant Prince has, it is said, been very cleverly photographed by an eminent photographer. The VACANT RIBBON OF THE ORDER OF ST. PATRICK has been conferred on Lord Lurgan. THE EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN, during his sojourn as Archduke in Paris, spoke of Napoleon 1., his great uncle, as the Emperor Napoleon. THE MARRIAGE OF THE COUNT DE PARIS with his first cousin, the Infanta Donna Maria Isabel of Orleans and Bourbon, will take place on the 19th inst. in the Palace at Seville, with great solemnity. The cere mony will be performed by the Cardinal Archbishop of Se ville, and will be followed by the ratification of the marriage articles. The President of the Audiencia of Seville will act as Chief Notary of the Kingdom, representing the Minister of Grace and Justice. THE LATE MR. WILLIAM ROTHERY, Of the men who seem to connect the present with the past history of this country another has just been taken away whose long and meritorious services as a public servant deserve a passing notice at our hands. Mr. W. Rothery, who was until lately the legal adviser to the Treasury on all matters connected with the slave trade, died on the 6th inst., at the advanced age of 89 years. He was born on the 9Lh of April, 1775, a few days only before the first blood was shed in the War of American Independence on an attempt by some British soldiers to disperse a body of Americans exercising on Lexington-green, and re membered well being taken by his father to see the burning down of the chapel in Lincoln's-inn•fields by the Lord George Gordon rioters. In early life Mr. Rothery entered the office of the King's Proctor in Doctors' Com mons, and by his abilities and steady application t o business soon rose to the head of that establishment. The zeal and ability which he showed in the discharge of his duties gained for him the good will and regard of the two greatest judges who have ever presided in the Court of Admiralty—Lord Stowell and Dr. Lushington, with both of whom he was on terms of the closest intimacy. In 1821 Mr. Rothery was ap pointed by the Treasury to be their Lordships' referee on slave trade matters, and held that appointment up to the year 1860, when at the advanced age of 85, owing to in creasing infirmities, he was compelled to resign his office; but so high an opinion had the Treasury of his long and faithful services that on his retirement they granted him for his life a pension almost equal to the full amount of his salary. The questions on which he had occasionally to advise her Majesty's Government required the exercise of the greatest judgment and discretion, and his long expe rience in the King's Proctor's-office during the European and American Wars proved to be of essential service to him. There were very few of the leading statesmen either of this or of the past generation to whom he was not well known, and who had not at one time or another occasion to rely upon his great practical knowledge and sound judgment. Mr. Rothery was also frequently employed by the Go vernment on matters not immediately connected with his regular official duties. In the years 1830-2 he was engaged with some eminent lawyers and civilians in framing rules for the guidanee of the Vice-Admiralty Courts in our colo nies, the excesses of which had become notorious. In the year 1840 he was associated with the present Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer for the purpose of settling, in conjunction with two commissioners nominated by the French Govern ment, the amount of compensation proper to be paid to some British subjects for the forcible interruption of their trade by the French at Portendic, on the coast of Africa ; and in the year 1844 he, in conjunction with the present Judge of the Court of Admiralty, Admiral Den man, and the late Mr. Bandinel, was appointed to prepare a code of instructions for the guidance of naval officers em ployed in the suppression of the slave trade. There are very few indeed who have led so long and useful a life, fewer still who through all the trials and difficulties of life have shown a more equable temper, or been more respected by those with whom he had to act in business, and especially by the civil servants of the Crown. DEATH OF THE EARL OF ABERDEEN.—ABER DEEN, Tuesday Evening.—George Hamilton Gor don, Earl of Aberdeen, died at the family seat, Haddo house, Aberdeenshire, a few minutes past 12 this morning. His lordship had been unwell f)r a considerable period, the principal ailment, it is understood, being diabetes, De ceased was born in 1816, and had consequently only reached his 48th year. He married, in 1840, Lady Mary Baillie of Jerviawoode, who survives him, with a family of three sons and three daughters. As Lord Haddo, the late noble man represented the county of Aberdeen in Parliament for a number of years, and succeeded his father in the earldom in 1860. Lord Haddo, the new peer, who has entered his 23d year, is at present on a visit to his uncle, the Hon. Arthur Gordon, Governor of New Brunswick. ACCIDENT TO PRINCE DE CONDE.—The Duke d'Aumale and Prince de Conde. with several distinguished visitors, were passing through Evesham on Saturday last for a day's spot in the hunting field, when near the bridge the Prince de Conde's horse (a fine, spirited animal) took fright and became unmanageable, falling upon the pavement with his Royal Highness underneath. Mr. New, surgeon, was sent for, but fortunately no bones were broken. The Prince was taken to the house of Mr. Bicknell till a fly could be obtained, when the Prince, with the whole of the distinguished party, returned to Wood Norton, the seat of his Royal Highness the Duke d'Aumale. We understand the Prince is going on as favourably as oan be expected.— Birmingham Gazette. PORTRAITS OF SIR ROWLAND HILL, K.C.B.— At the present time there is perhaps no public man of whom a good portrait can be more welcome to all classes of the community than Sir Rowland Hill, who gave sittings on Saturday last for a series of cartes de visite to Messrs. John and Charles Watkins, of Parliament-street, The form and features of most of our distinguished men have been made familiar by the beautiful art of photography, and Messrs. Watkins have done much to gratify popular taste in this respect, but few of their excellent and interest ing productions can compete with these. "Sir Rowland le Grand," as our friend Punch humorously styles the great "man of letters," has kindly afforded the artists an opportunity of making a number of variously posed studies, each of which evidences the artistical knowledge and taste which are so often wanting in photographic portraiture We predict for these cat tes—what they certainly deserve — an enormous circulation. KLAPICA has just left Marseilles with 150 volun teers, and gone to Genoa, WES L'MINSTER. A VERY AWKWARD AFFAIR.—Ed ward James Butler, a man in the employment of Mr. Hatt, cow keeper and dairy man, of 15, Brewer-street, Pimlico, was charged with stee.ling a gallon of milk, and John Cole, coffeehouse keeper, Tjpgr Eaton-street, Pimlico, was charged with feloniously receiving it. Sergeant Parkins, 8 B, said that the prosecutor had been to the court but had gone away. The police, however, were acquainted with the details of the case. Mr. Selfe said he would hear them. Sergeant Parkins said that from information received he spoke to Mr. Ha,t, and found that there was something going on wrong. At a quarter to 5 o'clock this morning Butler came out of Hatt's yard with a half gallon measure of milk in his hand, and proceeded to Cole's coffee hop, where he went into the priVate bar part, and Cole took the milk of him and placed it on a shelf, and then went into a private parlour, from whence he returned in two or three minutes aad passed some thing to Butler, The latter, after placing his hand under his smock, put down a half-gallon bottle of warm milk at Cole's feet. Mr. Cole then said to witness, who had followed Butler into the shop, " What are you guing to have," when witness said he should take Butler for stealing and Cole for receiving the milk. Neither of them made any reply. Hatt came to the station and signed the sheet against the prisoners. Butler said that he merely took some milk to Mr. Cole, which had been ordered, and knew nothing about stealing it. Cole said he had dealt with Mr. Hatt for many years, and had four quarts of milk in the morning and six in the after noon. Whenever he was becoming short of milk, some of his people ran to Mr. Hatt's and ordered it, and that was the case this morning. To show that nothing could have been passed by him to the other prisoner, only twopence was found upon the latter. Mr. Selfe said, that for the interest of justice, as well as for prisoners' own sakes, he would have Mr. Hatt in at tendance, and would grant a summons for his attendance forthwith. He would not restrain the liberty of the ac cused in the meantime, who were free, but he would re commend them not to leave the court until the matter was determined. THAMES. A PUBLICAN FINED FOR UNLAWFUL SUNDAY TRADING.—HEAVY PENALTY. —Mrs. Macarthy, the wife of Dennis Macarthy, landlord of the Roseand Crown pub lichouse, in Star-street, Lower Shadwell, appeared to answer a summons taken out against her husband by Police-inspector Roberts. The defendant, who was for merly a sergeant of police, was charged with having his house open for other purposes than the reception of travel lers on Sunday last before the hour of one o'clock in the afternoon. Timothy Cox, a police-sergeant, N 0.45 K, stated that at Star-street and Wapping-wall, near t B h o e c d li e on f e e kt n h d eo ann vicinity Sunday s o e f . t r morningHe last, he s aw m any drunken men went to the Rose and Crown. There were men in the street outside intoxicated. On entering the public house he found sixteen men in front of the bar. Some of them were drunk. The landlord was also there intoxicated. There were ten quart pots all con• taining malt liquor, and two glasses on the bar counter in front of the company. One man threw down his pot, which contained beer. In answer to the magistrate, the witness said that nine or ten of the men were drunk. Mrs. Macarthy said her husband was not inebriated. He was wry nervous and very ill, and he was so ill that he could not attend to answer the summons against him. James Fry, a police-constable, 411 K, confirmed the statement of Cox, and said Dennis Macarthy, the landlord, was the worse for liquor. Mrs. Macarthy said the people who entered the house on Sunday morning came from afire close by, and when the door was opened for one man they all rushed in together. Cox said there was a fire in Shadwell on Sunday morning a half mile from the defendant's house, and in quite another direction. A former conviction of ss. and costs for a similar offence was proved. Mrs. Macarthy called her son, Charles Grinham, by her first husband, and he admitted that he opened the door and let in the 16 men. The magistrate said there had been an impudent viola tion,of the la w , an d d r unkenness encounged on a Sunday morning. It was a bad case, and must be vi s it e d w ith severity. He fi ne d the defendant £ 5 and costs. Mrs. Macarthy paid the money. THE ST. HELEN'S INIURDER.—At th e S ou th Lan cashire Assiz es y es t e rday, before M r . Justice Willes, James Clitheroe, 22, was indicted for the murder of Mary Woods, a schoolmistress, at St. Helen's. It appeared that the deceased and the prisoner had cohabited, and that on the morning of the murder they were both found in bed together, the deceased with her throat cut and quite dead, the prisoner also having severe wounds in his throat. When apprehended the prisoner said, `‘ We made it up to cut our throats. She told me that the razor was in the drawer under the l oo king-glass. I fetched the ra zor , go t into bed, and fi rs t cu t m y throat." The jury, however, found the p r i soner gu ilt y o f having wilf u ll y mur d ere d t h e deceased, and M r . J us ti ce Willes sentenced hi m t o d ea th. Two CHICKZNS FOR EIGHT PERSONS.—Abandon the boil-fowl f as hi on, an d order a pair o f f ow l s t o b 3 sen t without being t russe d , an d let the heads an d nec k s b e sent with them. C u t up one o f t he fowls into p i eces , th e l eg and thigh into t wo pi eces, eac h wing into tw o p i eces , th e b ec k into three pieces, and the breast into two pieces, which, of onion, butt e c r u : t a i n t d u p a with the merry th oug ht, w ill be 14 pisses. Take a Spanish s i m it a tl l e l, put cayenneit in and salt ; l e t it s t ow gentlyto a stewp an w ith t wo ounces for about a n h our, until it i s in a compl ete pu l p ; half an hour before y ou wont i t put in the 14 Pi eces o f c hi c k en, let them stew h a lf au h our, an d when d one, pu t i nto your silver dish a teaspoonful of Spanish or ?rench garlic vine gar, or if that is not liked, the squecza of half a lemon, and you will never again want to taste insipid boiled fowl. Mind, it requires IIJ water; the fowl will be done in its own gyallyi•—Tho aentitwoman, . : Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market quiet now, at about 2 below Friday. Sales, 4,000 or 5,000 bales. Imports, 94. Previ ously, 67,602. Election of an Alderman. A wardmote of the inhabitants of the ward of Bassishaw was held yesterday afternoon in the ves try room of the parish of St. Michael, Bassishaw, " for the election of a fit and able person to be Alder man of the said ward, in the room and stead of Edward Conder, Esq., who held such office of Alder man, but who has resigned the same." The proceedings having been duly opened by the Lord Mayor, Mr. G. KENDALL proposed David H. Stone, Eiq., to be the alderman of the ward. He said he had great pleasure in doing so, for that gentleman was one of themselves, being a freeholder of property in the ward, and besides being a man of wealth, and having plenty of time to discharge the important duties of the office, he also possessed considerable talent, and was in every way qualified for the office. (Cheers.) Mr. DREW WOOD seconded the nomination. There being no other nomination, the name of Mr. Stone was put to the meeting, and he was de clared to be duly e'ected. Mr. STONE briefly returned thanks. Upon the motion of Deputy FULLER, a unani mous resolution of thanks was accorded to the late alderman (who retired in consequence of ill health), and afterwards a complimentary vote of thanks was paused to the Lord Mayor for presiding, and the meeting separated. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, March 23.—Wind this day at noon—North- East ; moderate breeze, and fine weather. PLYMOUTH, March 22.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—lre landia, from for Middelburg. DARTMOUTH, March 22.—Wind E.—Arrived—Teviot, from Colombo. BRISTOL, March 21.—Wind tc,E.—Arrived—Monsoon, from Mauritius. DOVER, March 22.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Polma, from Alexandria. NEWPORT, March 22.—Wind N,E.—Arrived—Gustav Williams, from Santander for Barcelona—thrkstone, from London for Jamaica. Sailed—Caledenia, for Rio Janeiro —Mary Grim, for St. Thomas. (SY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Arrivei—Jantje Manias, from Groningen, Jantena Aleda, from Marionsiel. Sailed—Penn, steamer, for London. The Bremen, steamer, due off Cowes to-morrow from New York, a regular course, will call at Queenstown for orders, she having received instructions to that effdct before going out, in consequence of the war in Denmark and the vessels of the North German Lloyd not having been trans ferred to the Russian flag at the time of her departure. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, March 22—Raven, from Dram; Avalanche, from Singapore; Apollo, from Porsgrund ; Juliet, from Gravelines. Arrived, March 23—Actio, from Landscrona ; Adler, from Calmar; Batavier and Leo, steamers, from Rotterdam ; Gustaf Wass, steamer, from Gothenburg; Ceres, from Horsens; E. U., from Sannesand ; Pomona, from Helsing b, rg ; Argo, from Dram ; Industrial, from Aarhuus ; Lord John Russell, steamer, from Dunkirk. Sailed, March 23—Seine and Tatnise, steamer, for Paris ; Sir R. Peel, steamer, for Dunkirk; Triton, steamer, for Boulogne. Dm, Wednesday Morning. Passed—Come On, of Exeter, from the north, for the west. The late Newman Smith, El., has left the Na tional Lifeboat Institution a legacy of £5O. THE LEOMINSTER MURDER.—At the Hereford shire Assizes, yesterday, Watkins, the man charged with the murder of his wife at Leominster, pleaded guilty. The plea was, however, withdrawn, on the resommendatien of the judge, and the trial was postponed. THE WORKING MAN'S OWN CLUB.—In 1855 a club was established at Littlemore, near Oxford, by the Rev. T. W. Huntingford, the government of which, as that gentleman says in en account he has written of its operations, was "oligarchical, with a dash of despotism." This IS very often the ease in small country towns and vil lages, where working men, conscious of their want of ex perience in business affairs, are glad to place themselves under the guidance of the local clergyman or squire. In some Maces specific religious opinions are required as an indispensable condition of membership. But in others the artisans and labourers have taken the matter into their own hands with admirable effect. A remat kable instance of this is presented by the club recently inaugurated and now flourishing at Wednesbury, a little town in the iron manu facturing districts of Staffordshire. The institution was first proposed at the commencement of last year; but the gentlemen who made the suggestion, or who promised to patronise it, slumbered over the work, and the mechanics, getting tired of waiting, set their shoulders to the wheel, rented a house on their own responsibility,furnished it with everything necessary for such an undertaking, and obtained so many members that, although the rooms were only opened on the 30th May,1863, the club has for some months past been entirely self-supporting, with no other receipts than the subscriptions of its members and the sale of provi sions within its walls. The subscriptions are 2,1 a week and 2s a quarter, the honorary members giving a yearly dona tion of a guinea. The number of members at the commence ment was 100, but they increased so rapidly that it was soon found necessary to take large and better premises, and the club now rents the old Town Hall at £45 per annum. Judg ing from the information we possess, we should say that a more perfect specimen of the genuine Working Men's Club cannot be found anywhere. The committee and all the governing officers belong to the industrial classes ; mem bers and subscriptions are canvassed for every Monday morning at the factories, and the rent of the building is guaranteed by the men themselves,—Dickens's "All the Year Round." A TALE FOR THE MARINES. There is a wonderful Hindoo chess-ph.yer at present in London. He plays three games blindfolded, and wins. At the same time he plays a game of cards, and wins. During the game a bell is toughed every one or two seconds, and he gives the number of times it has been touched. A man stands behind and throws little pebbles on e by one against his back; these, too, he counts; and after the games are told he recites a poem in perfect rhyme which he has composed during the sitting. A senator died this week—Prince de Beauvais, born 1793, left for dead in the march on Moscow, under the First Empire, and who reappeared in political life only under Napoleon 111. He had married a sister of the ill fated Duo de Fraslin, 471 } 1272 i 129 10911 67, 1083 3 983 71 533 113 121 .27i 8 lo:i i Mr, Charles Gil p i n, M . P ., on Capital Punishment. Last night a lecture was delivered in the Surrey Chapel by the Rev. Newman Hall, on " Capital Punishments." Mr. Charles Gilpin, M.P., occupied the chair, and the chapel was crowded by an audiencs composed chiefly of working men. Mr. GILPIN opened the proceedings, and after some preliminary observations said :—This is a subject on which I have long taken an active and earnest interest. It is now close on twenty years ago since shortly after coming to London I was the means of getting in Exeter Hall as large a meeting us could be assembled on the sub ject of capital punishments. We had a wall filled plat form. Mr, E wari, the memter for Dumfries, a roost active and intelligent lab mrer in the cause, was in the chair ; and we hid Lord Nugent, Mr. Bright, Daniel O'Connell, and other well-known persons present. We had the Church represented by Dr. Mortimer and the Rev. Henry Christmas —we had Dissenters of various denarninations—we had, in , leed, the Church of Christ represented. That meeting uttered an emphatic denunciation of the gallows and the principles upon which it was maintained. (Acplaus:.) Time will only allow ma to glance briefly at the reasons why I think—why I know— that capital punishment ought to be abolished. In looking back upon my earliest years I remember that one of the earliest impressions which took hold upon my mind in con nection with that Christian teaching of which I had the ad. vantage, was a strong repugnance to the putting of men and women to death upon any plea whatever. I had a child's reason ; but that reason has grown with my growth. I asked whether it were true that a man was, or was not, fit to die. According to my teaching and yours, a man was prepared for death, or he was not, and, if not prepared for death, we know the consequences. If a man be prepared to die—repentant, forgiven ; and redeemed —then it seemed to the child, as it seems to me, that for the murder of a fela low-man a man should not be hanged. If a man is not repentent and forgiven, and consequently not prepared to die, then it was something that made the child's mind shud der that a fellow-worm should take from a man or woman all possibility of repentance and condemn him to an eternity of woe. In going over the dreary and dismal criminal re cords of the last 2:5 years I can show you cases illustrative of the unsoundness of every argument that is urged upon us for the maintenance of capital punishment. I hold that there is no object of a good, righteous, and just law that can be carried out by capital punishment. A boy under 16 years was executed some years ago at Newgate. He had shot his master in a most deliberate manner. He had bought the pistol, bullet, and powder some days before. He had gone to see some persons hanged, and after having seen them hanged formed his own opinion as to the amount of suffering that was to be endured. He shot his master : he was sentenced to death, and a personal friend of mine who saw him in a cell found hum callous and insensible to all reasoning as to the consequences of his crime. That boy went to his death upon the scaffold like a favourite actor, and died in a spirit of bravado. Near the same time a woman was executed for murder. She committed the crime in a fit of jealousy, but no sooner had she done it then she repented it with her whole heart. She gave herself up to justice, pleaded guilty, but at first her plea was not accepted, wed she was kept, I think, over two assiaas. During that time she wrote letters of a very touching character ; the chaplain was incessant in his ministrations, and made no secret of his opinion that she was a converted and repentant woman. On the day of the execution the chaplain was with her in the cell. They read the Bible, and prayed and sang hymns together, until at last they were startled by hearing the bells tolling to tell her that her last hour was come. She then asked to partake of the sacrament, and you all know the beautiful language in which the minister had to address that convict. I think he had to call her " a sister in Christ," and yet before the ceremony was over, Calcraft came to pinion " that sister in Christ." She bore it patiently, and sustained herself until she was met by the yells of the crowd, who from the delay which had occurred, feared that they were to be deprived of their victim. She fainted away, and was hung insensi • ble. I recollect both Sarah Harriet Thomas and James Bloomfield Rush. Their crimes wete very different. Sarah H. Thomas was a young girl of 18 or 19, and she made the strongest effort to prevent herself being executed. I have made a document before me showing that no less than six men had to drag her out of the cell, and hold her upon the drop until she was strangled. Then Rush, who had nou rished his revenge for a length of time, and had deliberately, with malice and forethought, committed murder in cold blood, met his end as calmly and as coolly as a Christian on his death• bed--not, of course, in the same frame of mind, but with great hardihood. What good effect does the ruthless killing of one man by another produce upon the crowd, which is the great argument of those who support capital punishment ? I well remember that Daniel O'Con nell told us at the Exeter-hall meeting to which I have re ferred, of three men whom he himself had defended upon a capital charge in Ireland, I will give his own words : "I defended three brothers charged with a capital offence ; they were young able-bodied men. I was satisfied of their innocence, but the jury found them guilty, and they were condemned to die. At that time, especially in Ireland, exe cution followed swiftly upon sentence; and accordingly shortly afterwards I saw those three young men led out to execution. They were surrounded by a file of soldiers lest any of the mob should come near them. Their le other was there. I saw her, armed with the strength of her affection, break through the file, for the bayonets of the soldiers lowered instinctively before her. I saw her cling to her eldest son, a young man, 23 years of age ; I saw her throw herself upon her second, who was 21 years of age ; I saw her burst upon the breast of her third son, a boy of 19 ; and I ask who can make amends to her for that agony ? They were all executed, and they were all innocent, as it was afterwards proved." The hon. gentleman then referred to the case of James Howell, who was executed at Ipswich, who declared his innocence to the last, and whose innocence was believed by a large number of people, and the effect of his death was to break the heart of his wife, who died a short time afterwards. He also read a letter from an. Indian chief expressing in simple but striking language the horror with which he had witnessed an execution in this Christian coun try. The hon. gentleman then continued great deal was made by some people of a certain passage in the Old Tes • tament, which is supposed in some way to sanction capital punishment. I don't speak of this as a ground that will is au. ence the House of Commons. Convince the House of Com mons that capital punishment can be seedy done away with, that it will be for the benefit of society that it should cease, and you may rely that neither Mosaic nor pre-lKosaic com mands will prevent them from eoivg what they believe to be expedient. (A laugh.) It is remarkable that in the various public meetings which I have held on this subject, wherever there has been any opposition it has generally come from ministers of religion on one ground, " that whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed." This is a text of uncertain interpretation—there are some halt dozen read ings of it, and I tell you upon authority that cannot be effec tually disputed, that " will" would bo as correct a transla tion as " shall." Upon this solitary foundation—one dis puted text—it seems that they can build the structure of the gibbet. GAI once punished a murderer, the worst because the first murderer. His sentence was, not that Cain shall die, but that he shall live. I will lay a mark upon him lest any man finding him shall slay him." It is my earnest hope and fervent trust now that public feeling is again rising on the subject of capital punishment—now that the working men are taking it up, that the time is not far dis • tent when we shall find the gallows swept away among other relics of a disgraceful past, and when we shall find our law in this respect assimilated more in spirit and practice to the will of Him " who willeth not the death, of the sinner, but rather that he should turn and live." (Cheers.) Ihe Rev. NEwMAN HALL then proceeded to deliver his lecture, and entered with his usual eloquence and ability into the subject. He replied to the scriptural argument, and dwelt un the circumstance that juries often refused to con vict for crime knowing that death would follow. He be lieved that capital punishment was not commanded by the Old Testament—was repugnant to the spirit of the new, and opposed to the best interests of society, A vote of thanks to Mr. Gilpin concluded the proceedings, --- MARKETS---`his Day. MARK-LANE. A limited supply of English wheat was received fresh up to our market to-day. For good and fine dry samples there was a steady demand, at full prices; otherwise the trade was dull, on former terms. Tee show of samples of foreign wheat on the stands was by no means extensive. Sales, however, progressed slowly, nevertheless, prices ruled firm. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at late rates. With barley the market was moderately supplied. Ge nerally speaking the tradb was quiet, yet prices ruled sta tionary, Good and fine malting qualities, however, were firm in va'ue. Very little change took place in the value of malt ; but the trade was in a sluggish state. Oats were in good supply and heavy request, at fully the late decline in value. Beans and peas met a slow sale at late rates. The flour trade was quiet, on former terms. The Corn Exchange will be closed on Friday next. ARRIVALS THIS Wheat. liariev. Oats. Flom. 210 210 1,910 CSO i 37 0 Irish I) Voroign 1,3:0 1,360 11;!) 1 20 Bice. brls WHITECHAPEL. Moderate supplies of meat are ou sale, and the demand rules inactive, as follows : Beef, from 2s Sd to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s Od t o 4 s 4d ; vea l, 3s 8d to 4 s 8d; and pork, 3s 2d to 4s 6d per Blbs by the carcase. 1....•• ...... •••••• BOROUGH HOP. Last seam's hops are in steady request, at full prices. Yearling, old, and American parcels are a dull inquiry, at barely late rates. A YANKEE COURTIER !—An American lady fainted while being presented to the Empress Eugenie in Paris. It was considered the capping of all compliments hitherto paid to the Imperial power, SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocK. DENMARK. The Osservatore Triestino states that, in case of refusal by the Danish Cabinet, the two allied Powers are deccided on proceeding in an inexorable (inexor abilmente) manner, and the Vienna Gazette dc clares that they will reject all the reservations and all the conditions of Denmark, seeing that the situation requires a clearly expressed yes cr nc. the Press of Vienna may be believed, there is bat lit!lo reason to exccot a favourable reply frr.ra Copenhagen. According to that j,iurnar, •` Den mark would be mad to accept an armistice which wcuid relieve her less from embarrassment then her adversaries, who, though victorious on the field of battle are worsted on diplomatic grounds. LONDON GAZETTE —Last Evening. VAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 22. 6th Regiment of Dragoons Thomas John Iccwn} , am, Gent , to be Ccrnet, by purchase, vice William Thames Skinner Snell, who retires. 15th Hussars—Surgeon William Godfrey Watt, having completed 20 years full• pay service, to be Surgeon- Major, under the Royal Warrant, of Ist October, 1858, Ronal Artillery—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel George Augustus Frederick De Rinzy, to be Colonel, vice Burke Cuppage, removed as a General Officer-- ' Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Gosset Pipon to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice De Rinzy—Seemel Captain John Kelly to Le captain,vice Pipon—Lieut.W. Dobree Carey to be Second Captain, vice Kelly—Gentle man Cadet Edward Albert 011ivant to be Lieutenant, vice Carey—Gentleman Cadet Walter Reginal Fox to be Lieutenant, vice Archibald William I\lontgomerie, who resigns —Gentleman Cadet John Graham Stone to be Lieutenant, vice Palmer Boyd, summarily dismissed the service. Royal Engineers—Lieut.-Colonel William Frederick Mar riott (Staff Corps) to be Colonel, vice Burke, who retires upon full pay—Captain and Brevet Major James Thomas Walker to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Marriott— Second Cap tain David Thomson be Captain, vice Brevet Major Walker—Lieut. Frederick Colvin Mytton to be Seconl Captain, vice Thomson—Gentleman Cadet Walter Park Jones to be Lieutenant, with temporary rank, vice Mytton. 2d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Wellesley Gos set to bs Captain by purchase, vice John Chalmers, who retires—Ensign Charles William Davie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gosset—Ensign Robert Bieazby to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Frederick Blake, who re tires—Gentleman Cadet Augustus Frederic F. Adams, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Davie—John Paton Lawrie to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bleazby. • sth Foot—Ensign Francis Goldie Taubman to be Lieu tenant, by puichaQe,vice Robert Hull, who retires— Gen tleman Cadet William Stratton Saunders, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign by purchase, vice Taubman. 9th Foot—Lieutenant Spencer Field to be Captain, by pur chase, vice George Spaight, who retiree—Ensign James Edward :McDonnell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Field—Gentleman Cadet Alexander G&,rge William Malet, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice MacDonald. 12th Foot--Captain William Thomas Baker, from the E 5.11 Foot, to be Captain, vice garland, wno exchanges. 13th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Charles Mcore, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Robert Warren, promoted. 15th Foot—Edmund Charles Elliaton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice William Francis Maitland Kirwan, transferred to the 78th Foot. 6th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Russell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Graves Chamney Swan Lombard, who retires—Ensign Reginald Laurence Herbert Curteis to be Lieutenant, by purcase, vice Russell—Malcott Sydney Richardson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Curteis. 21st Foat Gentleman Cadet William Lowther Ernle Money-Kyrle, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cecil Lloyd, transferred to the 28th Foot. 23d Foot—Lieutenant Alan Graham to be Captain, by pur chase, ♦ice Philip Henry Knight, who retires—Ensign Robert Frederick Williamson to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Grah.tm—Gentleman Cadet William Phibi s, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur • chase, vice Williamson. 24th Foot—Colour-Sergeant William Hughes, from the 12th Foot, to he Ensign, by purchase, vice Percival Troese Fortescue, who retires. 25th Foot—Surgeon Robert Browna having completed 20 years full-pay service, to be Surgeon-Major, under the Royal Warrant of Oct. 1. 28th Foot—Ensign Cecil Lloyd, from the 21st Foot, to ba Ensign, vice Edward Agincourt Brind, transferred to the 88th Foot. 32d Foot—Lieutenant Samuel Black Noble to be Cnptain ; by purchase, vice Edward Augustus Thurlow Cunyng hame. who retires—Ensign Frederick Nassau Golding to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Noble—Gentleman Cadet Mathew W illiam Lyster, from the Royal tary Loliege, to be Ensign, by putcbas€ ,, , vice Golding, 40th Foot—Cientleman Cadet George Franklin, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Andrew Ducrow, died of wounds. 53d Foot—Lieut. Jame's Malley, from the 92d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Leslie, who exchanges. 78th Foot—Lieut. Thomas Owen Silvester Davies, tc be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Lieut.-Col. Laurence Pleydell Bauverie, who retires—Ensign Colin Mackenzie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Davies—Ensiga William Francis Maitland Kirwan, from the 15th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Mackenzie. 85th Foot—Captain George Morland, from the 12th Foot, to be Captain, vice Baker, who exchanges. 86th Foot—Captain Francis Pike, from the 91st Foot, to be Captain, vice Fry, who exchanges. 88th Foot—Ensign William Scott Richardson, to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice John Beveridge Ciladwin Jebb, who retires—Ensign Edward Agincourt Brind, from the 28th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Richardson. 89th Foot—Captain Henry W. Somerville Carew, from half-pay late 2i;th Foot, to be Captain, vice Win. Drage, who retires upon temporary half pay. 91st Foot—Captain John Wm. Fry, from the 86th Foot, to be Captain, vice Pike, who exchanges. 92d Foot—Ensign Charles Callaway Ross to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cockburn M•Barnet, who retires— Lieutenant William Norman Leslie, from the 53d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Malley, who exchanges-Gentle man Cadet Henry Vesey Brooke, from the Royal Mai tare College, to be Ensiga, by purchase, vice Ross. 96th Foot—Lieut, Frederick John Josselyn, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Wm. Duff Pereira, who retires—En.- sign Charles Fulliott Powell to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Josselyn—Gentleman Cadet John Carter O'Neal, f. om the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Powell—Lieut. Dennis Du Moulin Gunton to be ACjutent, v.ce Lieutenant F. J. Josselyn, promoted. _ _ .04th Foot—Lieut. Thomas Alexander Hunter, to be Cap tain, vice Sir Atwell King Like, B irt., who retires— Ensign Lestock Walters Iredell to be Lieutenant, vice Hunter—Gentleman Cadet Sydney 13yug, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Iredell. 107th Foot—Gentleman' Cadet Robert Jocelyn Waller, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Jaseph Ralph Edward JJlan Rot le, promoted. 108th Fo)t—Gentleman Cadet Vincent Lewis Mathias, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Augustus Erskine, promoted— Richard Bainbridge Mitchell, Gent., late her Majesty's Indian Forces, to be Paymaster. 109th Foot—Ensign Donald William Mackinnon to be Lieutenant, vice Henry Charles Holland Hastings, who resigns—Gentleman Cadet Charles Anthew Cathcart, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Mackinnon. Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Fitzßoy Stephen to be Captain, by purchase, vice Charles William Earle, who retires — Ensign Alexander Stuart Harington, to be Lieuten , .nt, by purchase, vice Stephen—Walt er F re derick Cavendish, Gent,, to be Ensign, by purchaee, vice Harington. Ist West India Regiment—Ensign Ralph Henry Potts, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice John 13Iak . Eley, promoted, by purchase, in the 4th West India .I,egiment ---,Merles Henry Wilson Lock, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Christian Branford Steward, promoted. Cape Mounted Riflemen—Captain and Brevet Major Thos. Hare to be Major, without purchase, vice Breve:-Colonel John Armstrong, placed upon half-pay on appointment as Colonel on the Staff—Lieut. Edward Alexander Lynar to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Hare —Ensign Charles James M, Hallewell to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Lynar. • STAFF.— Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Kenneth Douglas Mackenzie, C. 8., half-pay, late 92d Foot, to be Deputy -Adjutant-General in Ireland, vice Brevet- Colonel F. P. Haines, appointed to the command cf a Brigade. UNATTACHED.—Major and Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Edmund Gilling Hallewell, half pay Unattached, to be Lieut.- Colonel, without purchase—Captain and Brevet Colonel (John (Staff Officer of Pensioners), FrancisD uV e r net , to b half paßoyaly African Corps sa j or, without pur chase—Captain and Br evet L ieut.-Colonel William Brookes, half pay, late 75th Foot, Town Major Dublin, to be Major, without purchaee—Lieut. Henry W. Somer ville Carew, from the 29th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase. BREVET. Colonel, with the tetnpurary rank of Major-General, Burke Cuppage, Royal Artillery, to be Major-General, vice 13rown,1 Willis, who retires upon full pay. Colonel James Henry Burke, retired lull pay, Royal Engineers, to be Major Genera!, the rank being hon orar y F. In emsequence of the promotion of Major Gen. Coppage he undermentioned officers on the retired full ply list of the Royal Artillery, who stood before him on the effective list, at the time of their retirement, to be promoted as fol lows : ()clone' Archibald Macbean, to be Major-General. Colonel Robert .I.49ngruore Garstin to De I\lBjor-G-neral. MEMORINDUM.—NajIr and Brevet-Colonel John F. Du Vernet, hilt-pay, late Staff Officer of Pensioners, bag been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his Commission under the conditions cf the Horte Guards Circular Memorandum of 15th February, 1861. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 3 per milk pm., an d the short exchange on London is 25.271 per £1 sterling. On , comparing these rates w ith th e English Mint price of I,;' 1 17s. wid. per ounce for standard gold, it appe..rs that gold is about 1-10th per cent. dearer In London than in l'axia. By advises fromflamburg the price of gold is 423 i per mark . and the short exchange on London is 13.5 per £1 lit( ri; Standard gold at the English Mir t price is, therefore, rather more than 3-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Liam. burg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills zt 60 days' eight is IS2 per cent., and the premium on gol 1 is about e,B per cent. At these rates there is no profit on the importation of gold from the United States. MISSING SHIP. The Hillechjna sailed from Mandal in the end of November for London, and has not since been heard of.